Responses of an avian community to rain forest degradation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 513-534

  Thiollay, Jean Marc ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Bird; Community; Disturbance; Logging; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; RAINFOREST;

FRENCH GUIANA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; RAPTORES; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032995038     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008912416587     Document Type: Article

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